McVitie's Hobnobs Milk Chocolate & Salted Caramel Flavour Oaty Snack Bars 6 Pack (180g)

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Hobnobs get their flavor from oats and a lovely ingredient called golden syrup, a British baking staple. Golden syrup is an invert sugar (like corn syrup) that prevents sugar crystals from forming, so they’re used in caramel and candy-making. Like its name indicates, golden syrup has an amber, golden color. Golden syrup, unlike corn syrup, has a rich flavor that’s not pure sugar; it tastes caramel-y and buttery which makes it a great addition to baking recipes. While golden syrup used to be super difficult to find in the US, it’s pretty easy to find online or at higher-end stores (I think possibly because of the popularity of Bake-Off). If you can’t find it, you can absolutely substitute a mild honey. That said, I do think it’s worth the effort of finding the golden syrup.

Milk Chocolate & Coconut Flavour: Rolled Oats (34%), Glucose Syrup, Milk Chocolate (12%) [Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Dried Skimmed Milk, Dried Whey ( Milk), Butter Oil ( Milk), Vegetable Fats (Sal and/or Shea, Palm), Emulsifiers ( Soya Lecithin, E476), Natural Flavouring], Vegetable Oil (Palm), Wheat Flakes (4.5%) [ Wheat Flour, Wheat Bran, Sugar, Barley Malt Extract, Salt, Honey], Crisped Cereals (4.5%) [Wholemeal Wheat Flour, Rice Flour, Sugar, Malted Barley Flour, Malted Wheat Flour, Salt, Vegetable Oil (Rapeseed), Calcium Carbonate, Emulsifier ( Soya Lecithin)], Wholemeal Wheat Flour (4.5%), Sugar, Humectant (Glycerine), Maltodextrin, Water, Partially Inverted Sugar Syrup, Emulsifiers ( Soya Lecithin, E472e), Flour ( Wheat Flour, Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Salt, Raising Agents (Sodium Bicarbonate, Ammonium Bicarbonate), Natural Flavouring, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Product contains 21% Hobnobs Biscuit pieces Once the chocolate is two thirds melted, don't heat anymore - just stir until it's completely melted. Butter: I use unsalted, then add a small amount of salt to the caramel layer. But feel free to use salted butter instead if you’d prefer it to taste like a salted caramel slice. Mmm! For the caramel Sugar – Light brown soft sugar is best overall for hobnobs. If you switch to caster sugar they will spread more when baking and become a darker golden colour. So I am going to carry on baking and sharing recipes with you. If there’s anything you’d like me to make, anything you have that you want to use up or something that you have no idea how to use – well drop me a comment and I will try to help you.

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For the biscuit crust, whiz hobnobs to fine crumbs in a food processor, then pulse in the cocoa and melted butter until well combined. Tip into a 23cm (9in) deep tart tin and using a spoon or your hands, press firmly into the base and up the sides. Chill while you make the filling. The step-by-step guide below should help you make the recipe perfectly first time. Scroll down to the end for the full recipe including ingredient amounts.

To make the salted caramel, heat the tinned caramel, butter and 3tbsp water in a saucepan. Bring to a simmer, whisking occasionally, then continue cooking over a medium/high heat for 10min, until it reaches 105°. Remove from the heat and stir in sea salt flakes. Leave to cool for 15min before pouring into the tart tin. Transfer to the fridge and chill for 1hr. The ‘problem’ is, with its 3 delicious sweet layers, it can be labour-intensive to make. That issue is solved with this very easy recipe for caramel slice. Lightly oil the cake tin. Whizz the biscuits and hazelnuts in a food processor until very finely ground. With the motor running, pour in the butter with a pinch of salt, then whizz until the mixture looks like wet sand. Salt – When teamed up with unsalted butter, adding salt gives the best control of the overall flavour.McVities’s is just one of the big manufacturers chopping sugar from products. Last year Cadbury launched a new version of its Dairy Milk bar with 30% less sugar and has plans to release various other products in lower sugar versions. Tip some of the mixture into the oiled cake tin. Using your fingers and a metal spoon, flatten the biscuit mixture onto the base, then start to build up the sides, adding extra mixture and working it up the tin to form thin walls. Once you’ve used up all the mixture, chill the base in the fridge. Heat the oven to 160°C/140°C fan/gas 3.